This week I upgraded my duct tape wallet. So I suppose that means I'm now on version 3. I like to think I've perfected the design: minimal, but accommodating of my needs. My favourite part is the outer compartment that contains both my bus pass and attaches to the key ring I can clip to my trousers. Then inside, as you'd expect from a wallet, there's spaces for cards and cash.
As with the wallet, your material is strips of tape, stuck to each other to make a kind of fabric. Then you simply overlap and build into the shape and size you want. For the chopping board it felt right to make it several layers thick, so I overlapped and cut accordingly, trying to waste as little tape as possible in the process - off cuts can be used as "border" material, giving your board a more robust edge.
I put mine to the test chopping up some fruit for my current breakfast of choice: a fresh green smoothie. You've probably been downing them for years, but they're a completely new concept to me, and a truly excellent breakfast, I can tell you that. I mostly use spinach or kale, apples, bananas, cucumber, avocado and fruit juice. I've also used blueberries, peaches and started adding touches of things like ginger and tumeric for a spicier kick. The possibilities are obvious: and it's a really easy way to get your daily fruit and veg intake up. I didn't think spinach or kale would go at all well with sweet fruit, but I was wrong.
The smoothie, once smoothed, looked like this:
...and the chopping board looks like this:
We'll see how long it lasts. The good thing is, if it starts to fray or deteriorate too quickly, it can always be patched up with more duct tape. It rolls up, making it easier to find a place to store it, and wipes clean, keeping it nice and hygienic in this dangerous times. Less could be said for its predecessor, which looks like this:
Not something I want to throw away; but it's achieved a level of mankiness that renders it unsuitable for the kitchen. Time to find another use for it. Meanwhile, breakfast.
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